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Students who commit these crimes are almost never selfish villains ready and willing to sacrifice their classmates for their own freedom. But despite all the distrust Monokuma sows, Danganronpa is all about the silver linings cast out by a hopeless situation. Students of an institution meant to be humanity’s hope fall into despair as they betray and deceive each other, all while wrapped up in an engaging investigation and class trial to unmask the culprit. What follows is a cross between the movie Battle Royale, Ace Attorney, and a little bit of Saw. They, alongside their classmates, are trapped within the school’s walls and on the deserted Jabberwock Island by Monokuma, an animatronic teddy bear who tells both groups that if they want to return home, they have to get away with the murder of a classmate. For good and for ill.īut upon arriving at Hope’s Peak, protagonists Makoto Naegi and Hajime Hinata find the school’s promise is a lie.

And it believes so wholeheartedly in its mission that much of Japan’s youth are enraptured in its impact. It nurtures and studies talent in an effort to provide hope for civilization’s future. The school is hope for these students in the same way it’s hope for society at large. Each student is considered the best at what they do, and Hope’s Peak Academy is the springboard that will launch them into a successful future. This institution houses Japan’s best and brightest high school students, each given the title of “Ultimate” in their respective field. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair are two parts of the story of Hope’s Peak Academy. But it’s still an adequate version of a stellar series, even though the collection is too incomplete to recommend as a one-stop shop for a story of hope, despair, and all the grey that exists in between.ĭanganronpa Decadence contains three of the original games in Spike Chunsoft’s murder mystery visual novel series. And now that I’ve played each of the games in Decadence on the console, it’s hardly the definitive version of games that ran better on every other platform. The series started on handheld, and after playing the games on Vita, PlayStation 4, PC, and on my phone, I still think experiencing Monokuma’s despair-inducing killing game on a portable device is best.įor the longest time, Nintendo Switch felt like Danganronpa’s destiny. Ever since the release of the Nintendo Switch in 2017, I’ve wanted to see Danganronpa make its way to the platform. For more extended thoughts on that, click here. It also comes with a new game entirely, Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp. And for the most part, the Danganronpa Decadence collection brings the series’ three visual novels to Nintendo’s console in a serviceable, more accessible handheld package in comparison to their PlayStation Vita originator s. Danganronpa on Switch should’ve been a sure thing.